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Escaping into Fiction – Sharon Shinn Guest Blog

On August 15, 2018 By Sharon Shinn In Guest Blogs

When I was having an interesting time of it in college, I was seized with the notion that I was reading an incredibly long and detailed story about a woman named Sharon Shinn, and at …

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How My Load Got Shot – Jedidiah Ayres Guest Blog

On August 24, 2012 By Jedidiah Ayres In Guest Blogs

I just read a review of the film F*ckload of Scotch Tape that ended with this paragraph: “In the end, F*ckload of Scotch Tape is the cinematic equivalent of a repeated kick to the nuts …

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Cock Fisting Commercialism – Ray Banks Guest Blog

On February 13, 2012 By Ray Banks In Guest Blogs

You know, when I think about it, Wolf Tickets is a lot like cock fisting. Bear with me.

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Honky Tonk Heroes – Benjamin Whitmer Guest Blog

On January 24, 2012 By Benjamin Whitmer In Guest Blogs

There was a time when being an admirer of Cormac McCarthy was more than a little like being a member of a cult.  It was before Oprah, when the only way you’d have heard of …

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Simone Boyce and Game of Thrones Cast at Summit Entertainment’s Comic-Con Soiree

On July 25, 2011 By Jay In Guest Blogs

Simone on the beat meeting the Game of Thrones cast… and towering over them?

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Positing a New Author-Reviewer Relationship – Sam Sykes Guest Blog

On June 7, 2011 By Sam Sykes In Book Reviews, Guest Blogs

I’ve occasionally suggested to those who know me best, and subsequently to those who know me to be a terrible human being with few redeeming factors past my ability to imitate Hugo Weaving, that the only …

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Notes Towards a Sort of Supreme Fiction – Chris Barzak Guest Blog

On June 3, 2011 By Chris Barzack In Guest Blogs

I was going to write an essay describing the state of the speculative fiction genre, or describing my uneasiness with certain genre-oriented tenets, but I decided not to. I thought, then, that I might write …

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You’ve Been Punked – Sam Sykes Guest Blog

On February 11, 2011 By Sam Sykes In Guest Blogs

If science fiction revolves around the question of “what if,” and fantasy revolves around the question of “what was,” then the question of “what is, but not so recently is, and more like what was, …

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A New Urban Fantasy – Sam Sykes Guest Blog

On February 11, 2011 By Sam Sykes In Guest Blogs

If you’ve been at all concerned with the state of fantasy in the past few years, you’ve probably noticed a drastic shift in genres.  The market has split wildly into many segments, including that bastion …

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Coffee and Conversation with Hegel and Manfried Grossbart – Jesse Bullington Guest Blog

On November 16, 2009 By Jesse Bullington In Guest Blogs, Interviews

Jesse Bullington – Good morning, and thank you for agreeing to this interview. Hegel: [Mutters something incomprehensible to Manfried] Manfried: [Mutters back. This goes on for some time, until:] Uh huh. Mornin. Hegel: Sure. Good …

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An Open Letter to Those Terrified of E-Piracy – Gary Gibson Guest Blog

On October 29, 2009 By Gary Gibson In Guest Blogs

There are many pro writers out there worried by piracy, who see the internet as the greatest illegal intellectual land-grab of all time. Here’s the deal:  if you’re worried enough to want to stop it, …

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Science Fiction and Why It Needs Secret Decoder Rings – Gary Gibson Guest BLog

On October 5, 2009 By Gary Gibson In Guest Blogs

It does seem like the eternal war between SF and the mainstream just goes on and on and on, doesn’t it? One minute you think it’s dead and buried, the next it’s climbing back out of …

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Fantasy: Violation of the Possible? – Betsy Tobin Guest Blog

On September 9, 2009 By Betsy Tobin In Guest Blogs

Is it possible to break the rules of fantasy writing by adhering to them too strictly?  When Borders UK first shelved my novel Ice Land in the Fantasy/Sci Fi section, I was gobsmacked (to use …

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On Religion and Safehold – David Weber Guest Blog

On July 8, 2009 By David Weber In Guest Blogs

I’m definitely trying to make a statement about religion in my novels, at least in the case of the Safehold novels, although people who have read my other books will be aware that I’ve used …

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On Kings and Assassins – Lane Robins Guest Blog

On June 11, 2009 By Lane Robins In Book Reviews, Guest Blogs

Writing the sequel to Maledicte was an interesting challenge, since I had originally thought of Maledicte as a stand-alone novel. Sure, it has some loose ends waving in the breeze, but life’s like that. A …

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LIFE’S A BALL! CHASE IT – Margaret Weis Guest Blog

On February 26, 2009 By Margaret Weis In Guest Blogs

What do authors do when they’re not writing? I race my dogs in a sport that is fun, loud, exciting, and crazy. It’s called flyball.

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Borders Essay – Guest Blog by Jacqueline Carey

On January 27, 2009 By Jacqueline Carey In Guest Blogs

I’ve always loved mythology in all its forms. These are the stories that inform our collective unconscious; these are the raw stuff of our dreams. Gods and monsters, heroes and villains, saviors and victims. All …

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Why I Write Science Fiction: An Apology – Alan DeNiro Guest Blog

On January 18, 2009 By Alan DeNiro In Book Reviews, Guest Blogs

I read a lot of pulp when I was a kid. Most of it was crap. I also wrote a lot of adventure stories and half-baked space operas, most of which were crap too. Around …

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Petals of the Rat: loose notes for a new movement – Alan DeNiro Guest Blog

On January 15, 2009 By Alan DeNiro In Book Reviews, Guest Blogs

This isn’t a manifesto. This is a series of observations in a particular range of time, made on a mode of writing that I love, what on any given day can be called speculative fiction. …

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The Mosaic Novel – Guest Blog by Richard Bowes

On January 14, 2009 By Richard Bowes In Guest Blogs

When I decided to call From The Files Of The Time Rangers, a Mosaic Novel, I thought that the term was one that Jeff VanderMeer had invented for his brilliant multi-layered Veniss Underground. But when …

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